Annie May Jackson became the first female police officer in Canada

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, when she was appointed as a Constable

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 to the Edmonton Police Department

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 in 1912

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. A neighbourhood of Jackson Heights

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Jackson Heights is a residential neighbourhood in the Mill Woods area of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is located in the Burnewood area of Mill Woods. The neighbourhood was named in 1976 after Annie May Jackson...

, in Edmonton

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, Alberta

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, Canada, is named in her honour.

Jackson was given the task of helping young girls and women uphold "high morals and manners". She dealt with young women immigrating to Canada who were recruited immediately into prostitution

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. In 1918 she married William Henry Kelcher and was forced to leave the police force. In 1919 she gave birth to a son, Henry Murray Kelcher.

She died at the age of 80 in Edmonton, after being hit by a car while crossing a street. Since then the Edmonton neighbourhood of Jackson Heights, a nearby road, a park and a school have been named after her to preserve her memory and legacy.